Halloween

Keywords: Starter | Fractions | Mixed

• Transum,
• Saturday, September 22, 2007
• "Here's a joke for the teacher:
  
  Why do mathematicians think that Halloween is the same as Christmas?
  
  Answer: 31 Oct = 25 Dec
  
  [Think number bases!]"
• S. Hale, Woodchurch HS
• Wednesday, October 31, 2007
• "Classes really enjoyed this starter, I split the class into groups and had a quiz of the five questions. It revised a lot of different maths the only criticism is that you have six mummies in a row and not seven as said in the question."
• Tom Howe, Barnwell Secondary School
• Monday, March 02, 2009
• "A very good idea for a website because it promotes fun in maths."
• E.Maginn, Bebington High
• Wednesday, November 04, 2009
• "A fun starter that all my groups enjoyed!(Years 7,8+9)Pity there were only six mummies."
• Karen, Mlps Albany Australia
• Friday, October 29, 2010
• "My class and I would have liked to have had scary music accompanying the opening / clicking on windows - i.e. as it zooms in."

 

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